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Question 71. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 
List I
List II
(Industry)
(Centre)
A. Iron and steel
1. Turin
B. Shipbuilding
2. Taipei
C. Electronics
3. Montreal
D. Automobile
4. Pittsburgh
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 3 2 1
  2.    3 4 1 2
  3.    1 2 3 4
  4.    2 4 1 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (a)
Iron & Steel – Pittsburg
Ship building – Montreal
Electronics – Taipei
Automobile - Turin
Question 72. Japan is near self - sufficient in
  1.    Iron ore
  2.    Copper
  3.    Bauxite
  4.    Zaire
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Copper
Answer: (b)
Question 73. The largest producer of gold in the world is
  1.    Canada
  2.    Russia
  3.    Australia
  4.    South Africa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Australia
Answer: (c)
The precious metal of gold is found on all continents except Antarctica, but to date, only about 170,000 tons of gold have been mined.
The 2011 list of countries by gold production in kilograms is:
China (355,000);
Australia (270,000);
United States of America (237,000);
Russia (200,000); and
South Africa (190,000).
Since the 1880s, South Africa has been the source for a large proportion of the world’s gold supply, with about 50% of all gold ever produced having come from South Africa.
In 2007 China (with 276 tonnes) overtook South Africa as the world’s largest gold producer, the first time since 1905 that South Africa had not been the largest.
Question 74. The correct sequence in descending order of the given countries in terms of railway length in the world is
  1.    Canada, Germany, U.S.A., India
  2.    U.S.A., Russia, China, India
  3.    India, U.S.A., Germany, Canada
  4.    Germany, U.S.A., Canada, India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> U.S.A., Russia, China, India
Answer: (b)
Question 75. The largest producer of copper in the world is
  1.    Chile
  2.    Peru
  3.    Australia
  4.    U.S.A.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Chile
Answer: (a)The largest producer of copper in the world is Chile. Copper exports represented 49 percent of the total value of exports.
Question 76. Consider the following statements regarding bauxite mineral:

  1. It is light and is rust-resistant material.

  2. It is bad conductor of electricity.

  3. It is used in refining kerosene, abrasives and cement.


Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    2 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 3
Answer: (b)
India is the largest producer of bauxite in South Asia. Bauxite is considered an important mineral as
the mineral bauxite has variously used in refining kerosene, abrasives and cement.
it is a light and is rust-resistant material.
it is a good conductor of electricity
used in aircraft.
used in automobiles and the aluminium industry.
aluminium has a variety of applications from domestic to industrial.
Question 77. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List I
List II
(Countries new name)
(Countries old name)
A. Thailand
1. Nippon
B. Ghana
2. Gold Coast
C. Zambia
3. Siam
D. Japan
4. Northern Rhodesia
Codes: A B C D
  1.    1 2 3 4
  2.    2 3 1 4
  3.    3 2 4 1
  4.    4 3 2 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3 2 4 1
Answer: (c)
In 1939, the name of the kingdom, “Siam”, was changed to “Thailand”. Before 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. Portuguese explorers in the 15th century found a vast amount of precious metal there, but it was English colonizers who dubbed the country the Gold Coast.
The territory of what is now Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911. It was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964.
The new name of Zambia was derived from the Zambezi river. The official Japanese language name is Nippon koku or Nihon koku, literally “State of Japan”.
From the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II, the full title of Japan was the “Empire of Greater Japan”.
Question 78. The ‘Wheat Crescent’ lies in
  1.    Argentina
  2.    Canada
  3.    Australia
  4.    U.S.A.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Argentina
Answer: (a)Argentina’s wheat area is a crescent shaped, Argentine wheat is of good quality and is harvested in November, December and January.
Question 79. The Ruhr basin is the famous industrial region of
  1.    Japan
  2.    Germany
  3.    China
  4.    United Kingdom
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Germany
Answer: (b)The Ruhr basin is the famous Industrial region of Germany. Formerly Germany’s coal-mining region, the ‘Ruhrgebiet’ forms one of the largest conurbations in Europe with 5 million residents and is now known for its diverse and vibrant cultural scene.
Question 80. Which of the following mountains separate Asia from Europe in the east?
  1.    The Ural Mountains
  2.    The Scandinavian Mountains
  3.    The Alpine Mountain Ranges
  4.    The Hercynian Mountain chains
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> The Ural Mountains
Answer: (a)The Ural mountains separates Asia from Europe in the east.

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